Are we becoming a Prozac nation? Is depression really rising in young people? Do children need to be labelled with ADHD?
With 1 in 4 suffering with a mental illness at some point in their lifetimes, there is a growing discussion behind not only why is this the case, but what do the labels surrounding 'mental illness' actually mean? Are they beneficial to providing self-identity and more impactful treatments, or do they create stigma and an unnesscary burden on individuals and their healthcare systems?
Edinburgh Psychiatry Society and WellMed, Edinburgh Medical School's mental health peer support group, are thrilled to invite you to an open panel discussion bringing such questions into focus. As part of this we will be inviting three researchers from the Usher Institute and the School of Health in Social Science, global innovators in understanding health, to speak about what their work has taught them and their thoughts on labelling mental illnesses. This will then open up to questions from the audience.
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Panelists
Dr Amy Chandler
Dr Amy Chandler works primarily in sociological research addressing suicide in suicide and self harm, alongside drug use in pregnancy and parenting. Amy focuses on qualitative approaches, using an arts-based approach whilst also exploring often marginalised practices among diverse groups. Much of her research focuses on coordinating between practitioners, patients and their families.
Dr Angus Macbeth
Dr Macbeth is a clinical psychologist who undertook his PhD in Glasgow, investigating attachment and mentalisation in first episode psychosis. He is now the postgraduate research and quality assurance director at the School of Health in Social Science at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a member of the NHS Scotland steering group for perinatal mental health managed care network.
Dr Martyn Pickersgill
Dr Pickersgill's research focuses on the social, historical and ethical aspects of neuroscience and mental health. A social scientist, Martyn specialises in the use of qualitative methods for understanding the relationships between scientific research, clinical practice, and wider society.
